Chola Dynasty In Early Historic Period

Legacy and Impact

• The Early Historic Cholas established administrative practices—village self-government, revenue systems, irrigation management—that endured into medieval South India.
• The Kallanai remains one of the world’s oldest functioning water-regulators, a testament to Chola engineering vision.
• Early Chola references in foreign accounts catalyzed their later claim to maritime empire and sustained cultural linkages with Southeast Asia.